Coin holding and delivering machine.



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PATENTE!) HAY 16, 1905.

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COIN HULDING AND DELIVBRING MAUHINH.v

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J. W. UBAKER.

GOIN HOLDING AND DBLIV'BBING MACHINE.

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I UNITED STATES l noma my 16,1905. PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN lV. MEAKER, OF CHICAGO. ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T() CHARLES CLARENCEPOOLE, TRUS'lTEPLvOF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

.COIN HQI-DING AND DELIVERING MACHINE.

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IPEOIHOAHON forming part of Lettera Patent No. 790,218, dated Kay 10,1905.y

' Application Ilul Illy 11,1904. Burial llo. 2l6.l48.

To all whom. it muy concern.:

Be itknown that l..lous W. lisant-m, acitizen of the United States. anda resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful improvements in Coin llolding andDelivering Machines; and ido hereby declare that the following in afull, clear, and exact description nying drawings, and to the letters ofrc ference marked thereon, which form a part' of this speclication.

his invention relates to a change-making machine of the kind having inusual practice. a -plurality of receptacles adapted to hohl stacks orpiles of coins and having means for' delivering one or more coins fromthe lower ends of the several coin-piles into the hand of the operatorused in working the keys.

'Ihe invention concerns the construction of the receptacles, bothmlividually and as a series, the grouping of the receptacles, thecoin-delivering mechanism, and the general and of its parts.

'Ihe ohject of the invention is to improve the construction, theo|u.ration. and the usefulnessof such machines; and the inventionconsists in the matterslminted out in the several claims appended to thefollowingdescription of the particular forln or forms of the inventionselected for illustration thereof in the accompanying drawings. y

ln the drawings, Figure l is a plan view ot is a vertical cross-sectionthereof, taken upon line 2 2 of Fig. l. Figs. 3, 4, uml 5 are d ctailsections taken upon lines 3 3, -i 4, and Fig. ti is a detail sectiontaken upon line 6 t', of Fig. 2. Fig. 't' is a sectional plan viewlooking upwardly toward the hottmn plate of the coin-delivering device,said ol' Fig. Q. Fig. 8 is a detail section through the lower ends of.the com-recclvlng grwvcs, taken upon the hue 8 8 of said Fig. 2. Fig.

9 is n sectional'view showing the topand hottom plates and corrugatedfront plateonly ot' i the machine illustrated in the foregoing ligiures, together with a ditlerent construction in the means for joiningsaid parts, the section heing taken upon line 9 .9 of Fig. l0. Fig. 10is a fragmentary sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 9, taken uponthe sectionline i() l0 of said Fig. t) looking downwardly. Fig. l1 is aperspective view of apart of the corru ted plate shown in Figs. t) andto. Fig. il; is a' perspective view of one of the connecting-platesshownin said Figs. .iand to.

llescrihing the particular machina. shown in the drawings as oneemlxnlimentof lny iuvention, A A' indicate two vertical parallel endframe-planes which are joined hy crosspieces, one of which is indicatedh vAt and which with the cross-pieces constitute. the main frame hywhich the operative parts of the machine are supported.

Il designates a top frame-plate and (la hottoln f rame-plateof asecondary f rame for supporting a series of piles of. coins of variousdenominations. Said plates ll andi? extend across the front of thenmchinc lwtwecn the yend t'mme-plates A and A', with their t'rontmargins horivlontal and parallel with each other, the plates heinginclined from their front n'lngins downwardly and rearwardly and thefront margin ot' the. top plate heing (noA set hack farther than thefront margin ot' the. n

hottom plate.

l)-indicates a vertically-corrugatml plate which extends across thefrontof the machine between thesaid top plate l and bottom plate C, towhich is secured the plate Il. having its grooves or. corrugutionsextended lrotn its.

upper to its lower edge. and heiug inclined downwardly and forwardlyfrom its upper to. 4its lower edge. 'l`he outwardly -it'aciug grooves insaid plate i) constitute the coinholding grooves or receptacles ot'v theInachine, the hottoms'ot' which, ou which are supported the piles orcolumns ol' coins placed in the said grooves. heing formed hy the frontmarginal part ot' the hottom plate .'l`he three plates li, C. and l),with their connecting means, constitute a rigid secondary frame which istitanic. separate from the lnain frame oi'v the machine. and which isadapted to lie inserted and suimorted iu place g j nome in said mainframe. Asoneconvenient means of supporti said secondary frame in themain frame have shown the end margins of the corrugated plate D ashaving outwardlybent tlanges l if, Fig. 8, which lit againstfront-inclined edges of the plates A A' and rest at their lower endsupon suitable shoulders on said plates, the said plates A A' beingadditionalllv shown as having inwardly-extending stu s o a', Figs. 2 and7,

which pro ect beneath the bottom of the rear lge of the dependin tlangcat the rcar edge of said plate. studs o a tlms removably hold thesecondary frame limi in place w th the anges d d' in contact wi tthefront edges of the end plates A and A' of the main frame. The corrugatedlate l) is shown as attached to the top Piate y having at its upper edgestuds d' d which extend through apertures in the said top plate, abovewhich they are headed, and the top and bottom plates are shown asconnected' by means of rods d', which are riveted at their ends to thcplates. The plate 1) is shown as held in'place with respect to thebottom plate by means hereinafter te be described.

The corrugated late l), aa shown in thc drawings, is shape( to form tencoin-receiving grooves or troughs, which face outwardly or toward thefront of the machine and the bottoms of which are formed by thecontinuous bottom late C, extended forwardly far enough fort is purpose.The several coin grooves or receptacles, lettered in the drawings fromD' to D", are made of varying sizes to receive coins of ditferent sizesand denominations. ln the machine shown, which is intended for UnitedStates coins, the grooves marked D' to D are respectively appropriatedto silver dollars, half-dollars, twentytive-cent pieces, dimes. nickellive-cent pieces, and cents. The four grooves at the righthand side ofthe machine, marked D ll' D D", are respectively intended for thedelivery of two one-cent. pieces at once,a single nickel iivecentpiece,l four cents at once, and four nickels at once. the coin-holdinggrooves is designed to facilitate clnmge-making with a minimum number ofmotions by the delivery simultaneously from two or more receptacles ofcoins adapted to make varying sums and in such manner that the coinsfrom a plurality of receptacles will fall together intothe hand of theoperator used w operate the coin-ejecting devices, as will hereinaftermore fully appear. 'lhe arrangement of the grooves for columns of coinsand the ejecting capacities of the several ejecting devices may ofcourse be varied.

Above and in contact with the forward part of the bottom plate C,betweenthe several coinreceiving grqpves in the plate l), are located verticalpartxtion-platcs E to E', which project forwardly from the salientangles ol' said v top lglate and in front of a This arrangement of'plate D and are provided with stop lugs or proectionml to e. whichproject laterally from sait plates E to E toward the center lines of theseveral grooves with which said plates E to E are associated and infront of the coin piles in 'said grooves. Said lugs or projections e toe are intended to prevent the delivery at one time from the lower endsof the frooves (by the action of the ejecting or deivery deviceshereinafter described) of more than one or other desired number ofcoins. The lower edges of the stop projections e to e and e' belongingto these grooves from which it is desired to eject one coin only at atime are located at a distance above the top surface of the bottomplate` C equal to or slightly greater than the thickness of the singlecoins which the several grooves are intended to hold, while the stoprojections c', e", and e are severally localci at a distance above thetop surfaces of the bottom plate equal to or slightly greater than thecombined thickness of the plural number of coins which arc to be ejectedtogether from the several receptacles towhich they belong. ln theparticular construction shown said bottom plate C is at the rear of thePlate l) bent upwardly and then rearwart ly, so as to form a rising partC' at about right angles tothe front and rear portions of said plate,and the partition-planas l to E extend through notehesd, formed in thehottom edge of the corrugated plate l) at the salient angles between thegrooves therein and reach to the said rising part C' of the said bottomplate to which their rear ends are attached. Asa preferable constructionand as clearly shown in Fig. 7 the plates E to E" are connected in pairshy connecting arts which extend lengthwise of the bottom p ate, giving asectionally U form to the arts forming the joined pairs of plates, andsaid connecting parts are secured to the rising part C' by means ofrivets, as shown, or other fastening means. At the intersections of thepartitionplates Eto E with the corrugated plate l) the is shown ashaving concave notches oplmsite the several coin-holding grooves, sothat while sald bottom plate will ail'ord proper support for the pilesol' coins resting thereon rela tively short outv'ard movements of thelmve`r' most coin of any of the piles will release the same from theplate and permit it to drop.

Now referring to the keys shown for ejecting the coins from the severalreceptacles` these are alike in the case of thc several eoingrooves ofthe plate D and are leto in the drawings, with certain ex aa` will behereinafter mentioned.

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main part of each sista of a pivoted lever K. Said levers K are arran inan upwardly and rearwardly inposition behind the several eoinreeeptaeles and with their lower ends directed forwardly beneath the lowerends of said coinreceptacles, and they are pivotally supported at theirupper ends with their pivotal axes horimntal and at a distance rearwardfrom their lower ends, so that their lower ends are adapted to swingdownwardly and rearwardly by their own" weight or gravity. At their saidlower and forward ends tho levers K are provided with forwardly-direcledparts K', on which are formed or attached downwanllyextendinglinger-pieces K' for engagement by the lingers of the operator. On thefree ends of said levers K are also mounted ejeetors l i, formed aslevers and pivoted between their ends to the levers K by means oftransverse horizontal pivot. ins l'. The ejectors (i haveupwanlly-extendlng arms (1", provided with coin-engaginglingers 0, hicbproject through slots c to c", which are formed in the bottom s plate Cand extend inwardly from the forward edge of said lmttom plate to pointshack of the inner edges of the coins in the superjacent grooves. 'lhesaid levers (i, as here shown, are also provided with weights y' ontheir rear arms, which by their gravit, tend to hohl the forward arms l'pressed upwardly against the bottom platev l, with the ejecting-lingersf/ thereof extending through the slots in said bottom plate. 'lhe leversK have aswingiug or oscillatory movement through arcs limited bysuitable stops nml are so arrangml that. when at the rearward limitI oftheir movement the lingers y on the ejectingdevers (i will rest in therear ends of the slots e' to e" and behind the coins resting on thebottom platetl. W hen either key isdrawn forwardly, the linger ou theejectiug-levtw thereof will be slid outwardly in the slot in which itruns until it is earried lai enough forward to free the bottom coin ornumber of coins engaged thereby from beneath the eoius above it. 'lusuch forward movement of the ejectiug-lever its coin-ejecting linger (lwill he restrained from rising too far by sliding contact ofupwardly-fucing shoulders y* g" of the lever (i with the lower surfaceof the bottoni plate (l at either side of the slot therein. As soon asthe bottom coin or group of coins of the pile has been ejected by .fhelinger from lameath those above it the pile remuiningdrops nml restaupon the bottom plate, nml as the key is allowed to drop backward theejeeting-Iinger will freely recede beneath the coin--pile which hasdescended 'by its weight tothe bottom ol' tbe groove. Having missed therear edge of the loweruumt coin, thel ejector-*linger 65 wlll againrisemuler the action ol' the weight coin-ejecting key con- Y y intoposition to engage said coin or as many coins as it is intended toejtct, this being the position of the parts illustrated in Fig. 2.

Referring now to certain illustrated details of construction in theparts above described, the key-levers K are shown as being each made ofa strip of sheet metal having its aide edges bent upwardly at rightangles to its middle portion, to the arm tbe necessary strength andrigidity. The top plate B near its rear edge is provided with a seriesof slots or apertures l, each ada ted for the passage of the up er endof one o the levers K, aml the severa levers working in these slots lare engaged with a single pivot-rod F. located above the top surface ofthe said top plate B and supported at its ends in lugs l1. Il', upturnedat ,the outer margins of the end slots l; l. 'lhe said pi votrod F isshown as passing through bearingapertures formed in the side llangesofthe levers K near the upper ends of the same, giving a desirablebreadth of bearingon the pivot, and the side edges of the slots orapertu res/ l serve to'eonline the upper ends of the levers K fromlateral movement on the pivot-rod l". The bottom plate C is also shownas having slots C'. C', through which the levers K pass near their lowerends, said slots having parallel sides forming lateral guide-surfacesfor the said levers, by which they are heid from sidewise movement whenthey are operated. The ends of said slots t." C' are shown as formingstops to limit the swing of the said actuating-levers.

'l'he pivots l' for the ejeeting-levers (i are shown as being insertedthrough the vertical and as engaging lugs or ears formed upon the levers(i ley-lateral projections on the levers, which are bent at right anglesto the Abody portions thereof, as clearly seen in Fig. li. .'lhe loweror rear ends of the arms (ie ol' the said ejectorlm'ers (i are shown asbeing dellected rearwardly, uml the weights y' are shown as secured tothe arms uml as extending downwardly through longitudinal slots l",formed in the web portions of the levers K.

ln the case of the keys which are designed for the discharge. vof moretlum ouecoin the eoin-ejeeting lingers- 1; on the. levers (l are madeofsuch length that they will rise above the lm'tt-om plate (l fur enoughnumber of coins desiretl to'bo discharged at one time from thecoin-grimves. As shown for instance, in Fig. 4, which is. a sectionalview of the lower eral ol' the eoilegroove l) from which two one-routpieces are to he dt.-

ehurged ut once, said linger n is made long enough to engage the rearedgesof the two lowermost eoinsol' thc pile vestingen the botloin plate(l, so that when the aetualiugdever y (i is thrown forward Iwoeons willhe l'oreed i together from beneath the pile restingin the groove, theslop |u'o petion"'i|| lhiseuse havso as to form llanges giving liangesof the parts K' of said key-levers l\'v to engage t-he.

ing its lower edge at adistance above the bottom plate C suitable to lettwo coins pass beneath it, as clearly seen in Fig. 4, but to stand inthe way of and to hold from outward move- 5 ment the coin or coinsimmediately above the two that are to be ejected.

Fig. 8 ie a sectional view of the lower end of the groove D', which. aahere shown, is designed for the delivery of four one-cent pieces atonce. ln this instance the linger y is long enough to engage the fourlowermost coins of the pile and the stop projection e' has its loweredge at a distance above the top of the plate C equal to or slightlygreater than the thickness of a pile of four one-cent coins.

The sectional view Fig. 5 shows the .lower part of the coin-groove' 1)",which. as here shown, is designed for holding nickel livecent pieces, ofwhich four nickels are to be discharged atv once. The slots thereof arethe same as those shown in Fig. 3, with :the ex,- ception of thenecessary modilicaton in size required for nickels. l y f ln the case ofeach of the coin-grooves from which only a single Icoin is to bedischarged at one time the lower edge of the corrugated plate l) at theparts thereof which form the side walls of the grooves and which areengaged by the laternl margins of the coins is cut away, as clearly seenin Fig. 2. so as, to form an opening above the bottom plate U slightlygreater in vertical width than the thickness of the coin, the edges ofthe eutaway parte of the plate constituting down-A wardly-facingshoulders or ledges I2 Fig. 2. This is in order that when a single coinonly is left onthe bottom plate it will slip or be jarred slightlybackward, so that its rear edge will be caught beneath the shouldersrl", and thereby held from rising under the upward pressure of theretreating ejecting-linger, and will thus be held lmeitively in positionto be engdged by said linger when the latter is next advanced. Suchdownwanlly-facing shoul ders are not necessary in case of `the groovesdesigned todeliver two or more coins at ence, because the weight of thepnral coins will always be sullicient to prevent them from being liftedby the upward pressure of the coin- 5o ejecting linger in its retreatbeneath them.

ln Fig.- 3 l have shown an additional improvement embracing a downwardlyand forwardly curved guide-arm ll, which is att-ached to or forms acontinuation of the ejecting-lever G, and which, as said iever is bodilymoved, is adapted to slide in contact with a stationary gnidc-plate ll',arranged with' its upper edge in position to engage said guidearm ll.the curvature of such arm ll being such that as the main key-lever K isswung outward and thevshonlders on the ejecting-levver slide along thebottom surface of the plato (l the surface of the guldoar|n llwillalways remain in contact with the edgeof the guide- 65 plate ll'.The purpose of this construction movements in rapid succession.

operating the keylever I ielonging to the v holding grooves l)" or 1)".

is to avoidpossibility of the forward end of the 'ejecting-lever (ibeing thrown so far downwardl in the back-wardswing of the key-leverthat the ejecting-iingergwillnot have time toriee into ite properposition to 7- engage the lowermoat coin or coins when the he;l is againdrawn forward, aa in the ease .Y when the same key is given two or morevThe guidearm il when arranged in contact with the 15 guide-plate ll' inthe manner described pre vents excessive downward movement of theforward end of the ejecting-levcr G in its rearward movement, andthereby insures the prompt return of the ejecting-lingerto its upward orengaging position when the actuating-lever reaches the rearward limit ofits movement. y 1

The advantagegained by employing the fc-ur coimholding grooves D. D.1)', and D", or asimilar mixed series, in addition to the series ofcoin-holdinggrooves at the left ofv these, which are designed fordelivering single coins of the several denominations to be used, is tobring keys in juxtalmsition in various coin-value groups, and to therebyenable change in smaller sums to be delivered from the machine by.single or few movements of the hand,while enablingthe hand which isused to operate the key-levers for this purpose to receive the coins sodischarged, and generallyv to enable the making of change to beaceomplished by a lessened number of movements of the hand. Y l

As hereinbefore stated, the groove D. as 10 here shown. is to heldcents, and its accompanyingejector is adapted to discharge two coins ata time. Similarly. the groove l)" is for nickels, and its ejector iscontrived todischarge the coins singly. The groove 1) is to hold centsand is to discharge four coins at a time, and the groove D" is fornickels and is to discharge four coins at one time. When two cents aredesired, they are taken by once groove 1). lf three ce'ntsare desired.the l keys belonging'to the grooves D and 1) are operated at once. lffour cents are desired. the key belonging to the groove l) is operated.Five cents may be obtained by operation of the key of either one of thenickel- Six cents are obtained by actuating at the saillie time theadjacentv keys belonging to the grooves 1)" and 1)'. Seven cents areobtained by simultaneouslyoperating the adjacent keys belonging to thegrooves 1) 1)". Eight cents are obtained by simultaneously operating thekeys belonging to the three adjacent grooves l)", 1). and l". Ninecentsare obtained by operating at the same time the keysbelonging to theadjacent grooves 1)" D. Eleven cents are obtained by operating the keysofthe grooves l) and D, either simultanmmsly or successively, these keysbeing near enough together 13 '19eme to permit simultaneous operation',if desired. Twelve cents may be obtained by operating twice both thekeys belonging to the grooves D and D'. To obtain thirteen cents. thefour keys belonging to the grooves D, D. 1)', and

D' may be operated at the same time to deliver two nickels and threecents. or two kev movements may be made. one of the dime-column key andanother of the keys belonging to grooves D' and ll' for the delivery ofthree cents. Fourteen cents may be obtained by twice simultaneouslyoperating the two keys of the grooves land Dor by lirst discharging adime and then four cents at once. Fi fl$ teen cents will be obtained byoperating the keys of the grooves D' and l at one motion of the hand.Sixteen cents are obtained by operating at one motion of the hand thethree keys belonging to the grooves l D", and l).

2 Seventeen cents may be conveniently obtained by o erating at the sametime the two keys belong ng to the grooves D Dand separately the nearbykey of ll. Nineteen cents will be obtained by only two movements. one ofthe two keysof grooves l )'and lYand anotherof-the key of groove D.'lwenty cents are obtained by once operating the key belonging to thefournickel grooveD'b or. of course, bytwice operating the keyof thedime-groove D. Other 3 amounts from twenty cents to twentyfour cents areobtained bycombinations like those described, and the same is true whenother odd amounts above twenty live cents are.

called for. it being obvious that by the use of auch or similaradditional grooves D to D" larger sums maybe obtained in most cases byonly two or three motionsof the hand, one motion in such cases being todeliver a larger coin. as a silver dollar, half-dollar, orquarterdollar, and another motion or two motions to deliver thefractional amount in minor coins. The coins delivered by neighborim,rsimultaneously-actuated keys will be-receivcd in the same hand by whichthe keys are operatcd.

Since expedition with accuracy is a primary object of change-makingmachines. it is obviously a material advantage in auch devices toprovide duplicates of some of the SQ smaller-coin receptacles in theseries. to provide for the discharge of dillcrent numbers of coins fromthe duplicated receptacles, and to arrange the keys of the addedreceptacles in such relation us will furnish frm|nentlyde 5S siredcombinations or value. groups of keys injuxtamsiton. because by thesemeans fewer key movements are required in lnost changelnakingoperations. 'lhe juxtnlmsitiomil order of the added receptacles umltheir keys with respect toench other and to the main denominationalseries is nqiortunt. lamause it is from this that the uptnrned palm ol'the same hand by which the. operator lingers the keys is enabled toreceive the coins from n 6S plurality of nrceptucles sinnlltnneonslydis- Awhich operates the keys, and consequently vund facilitating. theassemblage nml the sepa- 'rationol' itsparts. v

charged by a single movement of the operators hand. and this advantageis fully secured in practice only by a mixed or irregular order of theduplicated and smaller-coin rece itacles. as, for example, herein shown.I be ieve l am the lirst to so mix a series of coin-receptacles havingunequal discharging capacity in a machine to be manually oper-- ated andtodclivcr the coins into the hand the iirst to obtain thishighly-valuable practical resnlt. and inasmuch as such result does notcall for the precise irregularity of denominational arrangement and theprecise variation in discharging capacity of the dnplicate receptaclesshown and above described l wish to lbroadly claim this feature withoutrestriction .to the particular arrangement and capacity variation hereinillustrated.

An important advantage is gained bythe 35 construction described. bywhich the series of coin holding receptacles is forlned by means of thecorrugated plate shaped to form a series of coin-holding grooves, forthe rea son that such a corrugated plate provides not only anexceedingly cheap and simple means of constructing such a series ofcoin-holding grooves. but also all'ords an exceedingly compactconstruction. being one in which the coin-columns may stand as close toeachother as posshle without actual contact of the coins in adjacentcolumns. 'lhe machincitself is thus made of narrow width in proportionto the number of coin-receptacles therein. and

the coins ejected from two or more adjacent receptacles fall so closetogether as to be readily received into the hand which operates thekeys, either separately or in groups of two er possibly more.

An advantage is also gained by using the vertical partition-plawsarranged to 'project forwardly from the salient angles of thc corrugatedplate to support the stop projections, which prevent the ldischarge ofmore than one or a desired number of co'ins'at once. because such platesoccupy spaces not materially wider than those necessarily presentbetween the coin piles or columns to prevent their contact witheachother. nud proper supporting menus for the stop projections isthereby provided in a very simple nml compact construction.

An important advantage is also gained ina l construction embracing ncorrngaued plate. a top plate u, nml bottom plate` all secured togetherto form a secondary f rame by supporting the pivotsof the severalkey-levers from said secondary frame, for the reason that the keys inthat ense are made a part of the inde.

. lmudeut secondary structure with the coin-receptacle ol' which Isaidkeys nre to perform their function. thereby insuring |arnuu|ent accuracyol' key egwlation. greatly simp|ifying the construction of the machineasa whole.l

yia. embed I Another advantage is also gained in point of simplicity andchea nessof construction by l providing the top p ate with slots toreceive u per ends of the key-levers and hold the n pmperlyapaeedrelation on the pivotrod F and likewise by extending the bottom platerearwardly and providintherein gnide ve'a for the lower ends of eseveral keyvera.

A further and important advantalge is gained in the construction of thekeyevera with aide danges, because said nanges not only give stiness tothelevers as a whole, but also allord simple and convenient means formaking the ivotal connection of said levers with the mac ine-frame andwith the coinejecting levers, auch pivotal joints being respectivelyormed by pivots which pass through the said gea at the upper and lowerends of the ey-levers.

1- Another important feature of my invention ied -in the constructionshown, by

which'thc keys which are moved by the opyeratora lingers in eifeetlngthe discharge of the coin are retracted by gravity and are so pivotedthat their free or moving ends arclocated beneath aml (when retracted)somewhat to the rear of the lower ends of the coin-holding grooves andare adapted to be drawn for wardly and u wardly to etlect the dischargeof the coin, tiis feature of the construction having the advantage thatwhen t-he lingers are -placed in position to engage and pull out-4wardly on the keys the hand is brought into position palm upward toreceive the ejected coin or coins. This construction and arrangement ofthc'keys also has the advantage that the coin-ejecting lingers, whichare operated through the movement of said keys in performingtheircoin-discharging function, move in the same general direction asthe key-levers, so that said ejeetiug-lingers may be directly connectedwith the forwanlly-projeeting lower ends of the keys, and thereby havethe same extent of movement as the latter.

ln Figs. 9, 10, ll, and 12 l have shown a construction in means forconnecting the top plate ll, the bottom plate C, and the corrugatedfront'plate l), which dill'ers from that shown in thehereinbefore-mentioned ligures of the drawings and which is designed toatlord a very silnple and inexpensive way of connecting said parts, aswell as for connecting the vertical partition-plates Eto E with theother parts and sustaining them in position thereon.

As shown in Figs. 9 to ll, the plate l) is made as hereinbeforedescribed, with the exception that ithns no attaching-lugsut itsupperedgembut is provided at its forwardly-pro- ,lecting angles withapertures rl. Said corrugated plate l) and the top and bottom plates Band C are in this instance joined by means of connecting-plates J,arranged inv vertical planes extending from front to rear .of thelmachine, (or parallel with the end frame-plates thereof.) their upperends fitting against tbe lower surface of the forward part of the topplate and their lower ends against the top surface of the front marginalpart of the bottom plate. Said plateaJ are behind the cormgated 1econvenienceal'e lettereda ike in said Figs. 9 to l2, although aseries ofthem are used. va- 8e 'ying in size to meet the requirements of thediilerent coin-piles, as are the several plates E to E hereinbeforedescribed. The forwardly-projecting parts J are each provided with a adrawings.) which correspond in function with' the lugs or stopprojections e to e heretofore described. At-the angle between the frontedge of the plate J and the top edge of the projection J' is formedadow'nwardly-extending notehj', which interlocks with a notch d',extending upwardly from the lower margin of the plate l) at the salientangle of said plate in the same manner as do the corresponding notchesor slots al. At their upper ends the plates J are provided with tonguesj', which extend through-apen turcs in the top plate B and are upset rriveted at their upper ends to fasten said plates rigidly to the saidtop plate. At their loo lower ends the plates J are provided withsimilar tongues Jj, which extend downwanlly through apertures c e' Inthe bottom plate (2 and which are likewise riveted or upset atU i theirends to secure the plates J rigidly to los l said bottom plate.

lt will be obvious from the construction described that the. plates J,provided with holding lugs or tongues which are engaged with.

the top and bottom plates li and (land'the corno rugetcd plate l), serveto rigidly connect said several plates with each other. Moreover, as theforward projections J', bearing thestop projeetionj, ure made integralwith the plates J said plates ulso serve as a means for rigidly vl Isupporting said stop projections.

The plates J, with their projections J', may be readily formed by astamping generation, and the entire structure, consisting of thetopplate ll, bottom plate (l, und eorrugxmd plate l), with the stopprojections.(marked fie` Figs. t) to 12,) muy be very cheaply made andas v'.wmbled with small ex|wmliture of time and labor, giving Vgreatulvnuulge in point of simplie-ity and cheupness of construction in themanufacture. of the machine.

l claim as my invention y l. The combination, with a receptacle for nunutomnticully-demending pile of coins, adapted for the forwardlischargeof one or more |36 The verticalV terallybent lug, (marked jin-the (shown in Figs. n e s.) 95

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. y mais coins from the lower end tliereof,'of a coinejectingkcy-comprisinga self-retracted membcrprovided with it linger-piece belowthe coinreceptacle and adapted tobe drawn forward by a linger of theoperators upwardly-open hand, applied to said linger-piece, and anciector vibratorily supported on the self-retracted member above itslinger-piece. and adapted to engage and eject the lowerniost coin fromthe receptacle into said upwardly-open hand ofthe operator and, in therearward movement of laid m-lf-retracted membvr, to pass freely beneaththe remaining pile of coins.

2. The combination, with a receptacle for a gravity-desceialing pile ofcoina` adapted for the forward discharge of one or more coins from thelower eml thereof, of a coin-ejecting key embracing a gravity-retractml,pivoted lever liavinga linger-piece below the receptacle and adapted tobe drawn forward bythe hand of the operator applied to the lingerpiecelo effect the discharge of the coin, and an ejector niovably sapinirtedon the lever, said ejector being adapted to engage and eject thelowermost coin in the receptacle and. in the rearward movement of saidlever, to pass freely beneath the descended pile of coins.

3. 'llie combination.' with a generally upright receptacle forapileofcoinsadaptml for the forward discharge of one or more coins fromtlie lower end thereof, of acoin-ejecting key comprising a pivotedgravity-retractml lever which extends behind the receptacle from anelevated pivot, said lever being provided with a linger-piece at itslower end beneath the receptacle by which said lever may be drawnforward by the hand of the operator applied thereto for the discharge ofthc coin into the saine open hand that is used toopcrate the key, and acoin-ejector pivoted to and supported by the lever above thelinger-piece of said lever whereby said ejector is adapted to engage andeject the lowerniost coin in tlic receptacle upon the forward movementof the lever and, in tlie rearward movement of said lever, to new freeJybeneath the descended pile of coins e 4. 'lliecombination. withacoin-liolding receptacle irovided with n forwardly and rear` wardlyslotted bol-loin phde on which rcstthe coins therein, ol'voili-ejectiiig means eouiprisingn iliaiii forwardly and rearwardLilnaivable member provided with a pivotwl unbal-v ancedejectiiig-leverhaving a coiii-i-.jm-ting lingl'il' atlaplril to projeetthrough the slot ill tlie bottom plate and also having auupwardlyl'aeing shoulder adapted for vguiding eoiitart with said bottomplate.

'lhecombination. withaeoinholdingrei ceptaelo provided willi aforwiirdLv and rear wardly slotted bottom plaie ou wliu-li rest thecoins therein, of eoiii e iectiiig means couiprisinga nniiii leverpivotally supported a! the rear and above the levelol' the bottom'ofsaid receptacle, said umili lever having atits forward cnd a pirated,'.inbalanced ejeetinglever provided with r. coin-ejecl-ing lingeradapted to project through the slot in the bottom plate and having anupwardly-facing shoulder adapted forguidingeontact with said bottomplate. e

6. 'llic combination, willi a coiii-liolding receptacle provided with abottoni platoon which rest the coins in'tlie receptacle, ofcoin-ejecting means comprising a main lever pivotally sii-pimrted at therear and above the level` of the luittom of said retaiptaele, said mainlever having, at its forward end,a linger-piece and a pivotedejeeting-lever Vweighted at its rear cnd, provided at its forward endwith acoinejecting linger and having` a curved ariii, said bottom plateof the receptacle having a slot tionary laaring-snrfaee with which thecurved arni of the'ejecting-lever engages to liniit the downwardniovementof the linger end of said ejectiii'g-lever in the rearwardmovement of the saine.

' 'i'. A change-making machine eomprisiiiga coin-holding receptacleadapted for the forward discharge of coins from the bottom thereof, ofeoin-ejecting means embracing a main lever which is pivotally supportedat the and which liasits lower enddirected forwardly beneath the bottomof the receptacle, and provided with a linger-piece, and anelecting-ledireeted part ofilie main lever and having at normally liftedby the greater weight of its rear arni.

8. 'llie combination with a coin-holding receptacle adapted for theforward discliiirgeof coins from ils lower end, of coin -ejecting meanscomprising a main lever which is pivotallysupimrted at the rear of andabove the bottoni of the receptacle, and'wliicli extends downwardly fromits pivot with its lower end directed forwardly below the bottoni of thereceptacle` anda weighted coiii-t-,jecting lever pivoted to thcforwardly-extending part of said main lever, said main lever consistingof a pieee of sheet melal having its side edges bent to l'oriiistilleiiing-llanges, and said ejectiiig-lever being pivot-ed totlieiuaiu lever by a pivot-pin extending through the side lliinges ofthe sai-ne.v`

replavle adapted for the forward discharge ol' eoiu from its lower end,of eoiiieieeling iieans eoniprising'a uiiiiii'lever which is pivoted atllie rear of and above thel bottoni ol' the reeeplaele, said umililevel' extending dowuwardly froni its pivot with rits lower end directedforwardly below the lower end of the receptie-le, and a eoiii-ojeetiiiglevel' pivoted to said main lever, said vmain lever consisting ol' apiece of sheet. metal having its side iuai'- a glas bent lo formstill'ening-lhiuges between rear of and above the bottoni of thereceptacle its front. end a coin-ejecting linger which is through whichsaid linger projects, and a staver pivoted between its ends to the forwardly- .l. Y'lhe combination with a eoiii-lioldiiu,r re.-

, which the'aaidactuating-lcvcria ivotethsaid meeting-lever having arearward ,v-extendmg ward discharge ot coins from the lower end lend ofthe receptacle, and coin-ejccting means 'gated plate and the topedges ofthe partition-v arm and the said main 'lever having a slotbetweenitstlanges through which said arm projects.

l0. A change-making machine comprising a coin-holding receptacle adaptedfor the for-` thereof, the bottom of which is formed b va plate wlnchextends rearwardly from the lower embracing a key-lever pivotally supportcd at a point at the rear of vand above the bottom of saidreceptacle, and which extcndsdownwardLy from its pivotal point with itslower end below the level of the lower end `of the receptacle, therearwardly-exwnding part of said bottom plate being provided with aguideslot for the key-lever.

ll. A change-making machine comprising a top plate, a bottom plate, acorrugated plate which extends between aml which isconnect? ed Awithsaid topand bottom plates to forma series of coin-holding receptacles,and coinejecting'meansembracing a series of main le vers pivoted to saidtop plateamlhaving their lower and `for'ward ends huraualbelow thebottom plate, aml provided at their said forward ends withlinger-pieces.

l2. A change-.unikiug machine comprising a top plate, a bottom plate.and acorrugated plate forming a series of coin-holding grooves` andcoin-ejecting. means enibraeing'a series'of key-levers, the said topplate lneingcxtended rearwardly from the top of the corrugatedplate andbeing provided with a seriesof gots for the passage of the upperends'of'the', -iid key-levers and a pivot-rod located above said' topplate and engaging 4the upper ends of said levers. t

13. A change-making machine comprisingl a corrugated plate shaped toform a series of grooves, a bottom plate on which the coinsl rest and alseries of parallel, transversely-arranged partition-plates projectingforwardly fronl thesalient angles of the corrugated plate a and providedwith laterallyprojecting lugs at a distance above theJMttom plate andconstituting coin-stops.

14. A change-making machine comprising f a corrugated plate adapted toform a series ot coin-holding grmives, a bottom plate which forms asupport for-the coms in said grooves, and a series of vertical plateswhich projet-t forwardly from the corrugated plate and are providedwithlateralI v-projectiag lugs forming coin-stops; the bottom edgeof thecorruplates being provided with notehes to all'ord lnterllttingconnection of said plates.

l5. 'llu-.couilinutiou with a coinholding receptacle adapted l'or theforward disehargeof coins from the bottom thereof, and provided with aslot in its bottom wall, of a forwardly l groovesnnen..

and rearwardly movable member provided a main frame consisting of endplates land i.

means rigidly connecting the same, a'eorru, gated plate forming a seriesol coin-.holding receptacles, top und bottoni, plates'securml to y saidvcorrugated plate vand constituting withvv fraaie or structure separatefronrtl.|c|nain frame, and means on. the said main and vsccondaryframes'adapual for interlocking cngagement, permitting the saidsecondary frame to be inserted` as a'whole into and removed f-rom thesaid main frame.

'17. A changemmking machine comprising a main fraaieeonsiatingof'emlplates andv means rigidly connecting the same,"a corrugated plateforlning a sel-ies of coinholding receptacles, top and bottoni platessecured to said corrugated vplate and constituting,with said top andbottom plates a rigidseeomlaev said-topand bottom plates a rigidsccondar,v.` I

frame or structurev separate from the main frame, key-levers pivoted tosaid secondary' frame, and'mmins on the said main and sec` ondary framesadapted lor interlmfking engagement, permitting the .said secondaryframe .to be' inserted asa whole intoandl re-v moved f rom the said mainfran-ne..v

1H. A changemaking machine eo-mprising4 topf andl lmttom p' erinediatecorrugated ,rie of pa rallle.l,'' arranged vertici. A. p if projecti ngforwan l.l' v' from th-efsalientangl fof the corrugated plate andprovided with laterally-projecting lngsat a distance above the bottomplate to constitute coin-stops` the several parts here enumerated beingrigidly connected together to form a secondary frame adapted for supportina separate :nain frame of a money-changing ma- .Y

chine.-

I9. A coin-holdingdevice comprising a top plat-ent. bottom plate., acorrugated plate shaped to form a series o l' coin-holding grooves, andmeans for connecting said parts-.consisting ot strips extending from thetop to the bottom plate behind |,lie'eorrn'gatei' plnteand |'n'ovided attheir topand bottom ends with lugs inserted throi'gh and iiveted inapertures in said t'vp and bottom plates.

20. A changefmaking machine comprising a top plate, a bottom plate, acorrugated plate shaped to form a series of eoin holding grooves, andmeans l'or connecting said parts mnsistingol' stripsextending from thetopio the bottom plate behind the corrugated plate and provideduttheirtomuul bottom ends willi lugs inserted through and riveted inapertures vin said top and bottom plates. said connectwith integral.forwardly-extending parts bnving lateral projections forming coin-stops.

2l. In a ehangumaking manchino having receptacles for stacks of coins ofthe various dc- 5 nominations tu be used.' and having a separate key foreach receptacle, said keys being arranged in n row and in position todeliverthe coins fron'. the receptacle into the upwardly- 4open handused ln operating them. additional l receptacles and keys' fordenominational du- 2 22. ln achange-making machine having re-r plicateaarranged snllicientlyclose together to 1 ,permit of a simultaneousthscharge ofv coms l :from adjacent receptacles into-'the hand of theoperator, said additional receptacles having I5 unequal dischargingcapacity. whereby coins may be simultaneously delivered into theoperating-band equal to varyingdivisions of the larger denominationsorto multiples of the lowest.

ceptaeles for stacks-of coins of the varionsdenominations to be used andhaving a se mrate delivery-key for each reeelitaele waitl being arrangedin a row am l .25 liv-erthe coins from the receptacles into thenpwanllymmn band used in operating them n series ot' add it tonalcom-receptacles and keys fordenomilmtional du dientes of some of thoseof the main series am arranged ln Ime with 3 the latter, and in suchclose relation to each other as to permit of a simultaneous dischargeinto the handl of the operator of coins from adjacent receptacles, atleast one of said additional receptacles being adapted to simultaneouslytliscllar;- a'plurality of coins., and said receptacles being in partarranged in irregular denominational order, whereby additional valuegroups of adjacent receptacle-keys are formed. ca able of simuftaueousoperation by a 4 reason of t ieirjuxtalmsltlon, and the number of keymovements required in general changemaking is materially reduced. y

23. ln a cllange-nntking machine having reeeptacles for stacks of coinsol' the various denominations to be used, and a separate key forlreceptacles containing denominational Ilnd in such close kers. inposition tode-k delivering from'each receptacle --the keys beingarranged in a row and in position to deliver tbeccoins into theupwamlly-open hand used in operating them-said series of coinduplicatesat least two of which are adapted to discharge a plurality of coins andbeing in part arranged in irregular denominational order. relation toeach other as to permit ol' a simultaneous discharge of coins at romadjacent receptacles into the hand of the io|mrator, whereby the numberofkey move- ,ments required m general change-making is materiallyyreducml.

24. In echange-making machine havinga series of coin-holding receptaclesadapted-for coins of various denominations to be useth each providedwith a hand-operated ejeetingkey'adapted to deliver n single coin. anadditional number of receptacles one ol which is nrovided with anejecting-ltoy adapted to deiver two coins ut n time. another lwith 'fnejecting-lteyadapted to deliverone coin at a time, and a third with anejecting-key adapted to deliverr'our coins at a time- -said keys beingarranged in a row and in position to deliverl the coins into theupwardly-open JOHN W. lilllAlilllt.y

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